Obamas Retter (Obama’s saviors)

Ulrich Ladurner seeks out the “key players” of the West’s plan that Afghanistan will soon be able to stand on its own feet. As in Germany, Italy, Netherlands etc. the support for a continued engagement in Afghanistan sinks rapidly, the call fo a rushed training of the ANA and Afghan Police Force has become the [...]

Quest for the European Perspective – I

I have argued earlier, that the intellectual contribution from Europe on the AfPak situation was very limited. It is hard to find contributors to the ongoing discussions who

(a) have a profound insight and
(b) are publishing on a platform that is accessible via the net or newspapers/magazines.